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Head Injury Awareness Day

...ets has persisted. In this context making helmets compulsory for two- wheel drivers in Tamil Nadu state of India, must be lauded, as the default decision of most motorcyclists is to shelve the helmet. In the event of a person suffering a brain injury, prompt medical treatment may prevent the worsening of sy...

Computers Better Decision Makers Than Surrogates

...e surrogate to make the right decisions and also a compulsory alternate to surrogates. This method could also be used to allow the patient to decide in advance their treatment preferences. JYT...

AMA Urges Government To Amend Aged Care Legislation

...ent hopes to implement from 1 April, calls for the compulsory reporting of any physical and sexual abuse in aged...lly frail, Dr Haikerwal said. “We fully support compulsory reporting of abuse by staff against residents in the aged care sector,” Dr Haikerwal said. “But t...

China Confirms New Human Bird Flu Case

... Zhang Changpin, vice governor of Fujian, ordered compulsory inoculation of all fowls to prevent an outbreak of the epidemic. He asked the health, stock-raising and forestry authorities at all levels to be on high alert and monitor the situation closely. Li, a 44-year-old farmer in Jian'ou city, developed sy...

Drug Companies Hit Out at Thai Generic Drug Scheme

...pharmaceutical industry over its decision to issue compulsory licences for generic medicines. // While Thailand...xpected to expand the list of medicines covered by compulsory licence, using the public health rules of the World Trade Organisation. Thailand encourages firms...

Merck Announces Plans for Licensing Atripla Widely in Developing World

...ination will be impossible without the granting of compulsory licenses for rival versions. Although Merck will be able to import Atripla into eleven countries on the basis of US Food and Drug Administration registration, licensing in other countries may take several years in some cases owing to lack of regul...

Merck Cuts Price of Efavirenz for Developing Countries Again

...cheaper than a generic import in Thailand, where a compulsory license was recently issued to allow importation of efavirenz from India. For least developed countries and medium human development index countries with an adult HIV prevalence of 1% or more, the price of Stocrin 600mg tablets is being reduced by...

Thailand Backs Off Threat to Break Drug Patents

...i-Aventis and Bristol-Meyers Squibb. It issued two compulsory licenses, which, under World Trade Organization ru... the first time that a developing country had used compulsory licensing to challenge patents for a 'life-style' disease — one that is not for AIDS or an epidemic....

Thailand Goes Ahead With Licenses for Generic Drugs

Thailand has okayed the issue of compulsory licenses for inexpensive versions of heart disease and AIDS drugs,// a move, not likely to sit well with pharmaceutical bigwigs. Health Minister, Mongkol Songkhla, confirmed that the laws are in place and are effective. According to the Health Mini...

Explosion Of Rat Population Poses Health Threat In UK

...ment worried.// Fortnightly garbage collections, compulsory recycling policy and composting bins are said to be the cause of the increasing brown rat population. John Davison of the National Pest Technicians Association (NPTA) said: "It's a grave problem." "The way this is growing it is going to give rise ...

Proposed Compulsory Treatment For Alcohol Addicts

...ment, through a two-year pilot program would trial compulsory treatment for alcoholics up to 28 days at Nepean Hospital in western Sydney.// The government is drafting changes to the Inebriates Act 1912 to enable the trial to take place. The two-year plan, to be rolled out at Nepean Hospital, would allow a do...

Pre-Marital HIV Testing To Be Made Compulsory In AP, India

...The government of Andhra Pradesh is set to make it compulsory for couples to take a HIV test before marrying. This is done with a motive of putting an end to the birth of HIV positive babies from 2007. "Since condom use is not very popular, we are considering tough measures like HIV testing before registratio...

FDA Proposes Stringent Warnings Labels for Pain Relievers

...ic. The FDA has ruled that, the warnings will be compulsory and will have to be displayed prominently on the labels. The language has to be simple and standardized, informed Dr.Charles Ganley who is the director of the FDA’s, Office of Nonprescription Products, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Several...

India to Set Up Nicotine-Mapping Laboratory

... said. He added that such warnings would be made compulsory for all tobacco products - not just bidis. Source-IANS...

Registration Compulsory For Nursing Homes, Clinics – Says A New Proposed Law By Health Ministr

...cial. He added that the registration would be made compulsory even if the establishment had registered under any other state law according to the proposed Act and that there would be a registering authority at the district, state and national levels to ensure all comply with the law. He also added: 'Presentl...

First Aid Training for Allergies a Must for Teachers

...n all State and Territory Governments to introduce compulsory first aid training for people who work with children,' Dr Haikerwal said. 'This training should cover appropriate first aid for anaphylactic shock, including how to use auto-injecting devices to inject adrenalin and treat a severe allergic reaction...

Hospital infections gaining ground in Pennsylvania hospitals

...hospitals. Although many other states now demand a compulsory report of data from all hospitals none produced so far has been as comprehensive as this one.A patient who acquires an additional infection during hospital stay runs the risk of running into higher bills and also has a higher risk of dying being more...

Humorous Socks of Medics-no Laughing Matter

...uld have said that in children's wards it would be compulsory to wear silly socks. I think people would prefer to see happy doctors and nurses - it's dictatorial and it's over the top.' He added, 'It's completely daft, this cannot be a priority for the NHS.' NLA...

AIDS –spreading like wildfire in Chin

... and needs of people with AIDS . It’s been made compulsory in China now that all entertainment centers in China should make arrangements from condoms to be made available to the public. Drug rehabilitation and de addiction clinics are also being rapidly set up all across the nation to combat drug addiction a...

Anthrax Vaccine to be Made Mandatory for Troops-Pentagon

...ry. The Department of defense plans to restart the compulsory immunisation within a couple of months, as it feels that the troops are increasingly vulnerable to the risk. The order has been issued after the FDA has declared the vaccine to be safe and effective. However the attorneys who had filed the initial ...

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